For those who don't remember, Thom Hartmann and others were big advocates of tarriffs as the means

to keep American jobs.

Though history, and the acceleration of great depression should have been lessons enough why that is bad policy, perhaps the actions of Trump in regard to tarriffs will provide the reason why tarriffs and trade wars are not a good thing.

We are a world economy.

What is happening with GM, Ford, farmers, etc. is a perfect example of the consequences of this.

Yes, there are issues with unfair trade, but those should be dealt with through negotiations, not starting trade wars by implementing tarriffs. Make no mistake about it, we started this trade war with the belief that we would bring China to its knees.

Up to now that hasn't worked very well, and what will happen with the upcoming G20 meeting remains to be seen, but this policy has not only been directed against China, but our European allies as well.

and this is just the beginning. The effects of the tarriffs are just starting to be felt. They haven't "trickled" down to the job market here, but from all apperances, unless the brakes are put on this, that will start to accelerate


We will see